Dispenser for rolled sheet material



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DISPENSER FOR ROLLED SHEET MATERIAL Filed N09. 5', 1950 s Sheets-Sheet 1June 6, 1933. 5 WAIDE 1,912,363

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DISPENSER FOR ROLLED SHEET MATERIAL H. DE WAIDE Filed Nov. 5, 1.930

3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Java/775A Patented June 6, 1933 PATENT OFFICE HAL DEWAIDE, OF PORTLAND, OREGON DISPENSER FOR ROLLED SHEET MATERIALApplication filed November 3, 1930. Serial No. 492,983.

My invention relates to roll paper dispensers especially adapted for disensmg flat sheets of thin tissue paper, speci cally tollet seat coversof the class described in my Patent, No. 1,744,300, dated January 21,1930, en-

titled Senitary toilet seat cover.

Such toilet seat covers are generally pro vided gratis in thesemi-public toilets of hotels, otfice buildings, andthe like, and aremost eonveniently provided for this use in rolls, from which each seatcover is separable by means of transverse slits or perforations.

However, although this manner of dispensing the seat covers is the mosteconomical r satisfactory, there are certain disedvantages, in that thetendency is for the user to cerelessly pull off more than one seat covera t e, which is wasteful; and further, breaking the perforated bond hetween the-covers,. the cover on each side is frequently torn andrendered useless, which is the cause of furth r waste.

Therefore the object of my invention is to provide troll paper dispenserfor such toilet set covers adepted to permit only one seat cover to hewithdrawn at s time without tear i g, hy meens ot'devicesprovided on thedis enser edepted to cooperate with suitable Q. or

ceted on the division line between the individuel seat covers, wherelothe seat covers will he readily separable rom the body of the roll bythe more not oi drawing the seat cover from the dispenser.

A further object of my invention is to rovide dispenser having means bywhic it he firmly secured to the wall of a room wit out deiae it withscrews or bolts.

l ettain my sheets in a dispenser for rolled sheet material comprising ahousing, means by the housing for rotatably and re.-

inovahly cerrying a roll of said sheet material, a cover hinged to saidhousing, the free edge of the cover provided with means adapted to bearagainst the sheet material as the material is unwound", said meanscarried by the cover formed to ex the next following edge of the'materia whereby it may be conveniently grasped to be withdrawn.

"erroretions or slits in the paper web, lo-- These and other incidentalobjects of my invention, the details of construction and the mode ofoperation are hereinafter fully described with reference to theaccompany- P ing drawings.

in the drawings:

Fig. 1 shows a front elevation oi m dispenser and illustrates a seatcover with rawn therefrom, but as yet not disconnected from the roll;

Fig. 2 shows an end elevation of my dispenser with parts broken away toillustrate the arrangement of the roll therein and how the seat cover iswithdrawn;

Fig. 3 shows a transverse section of the same with the cover raised;

Fig. 4 shows a perspective view of the cover removed from the dispenser;

Fig. 5shows a perspective view or" my dispenser with the cover removed;I m Fig. 6 shows a front elevation of the means progided for fasteningmy dispenser to the wet i V Fig. 7 shows a transverse fragmentarysection taken on the line ?-7 of Fig. 6 and illustrates further detailsof construction;

Fig. 8 shows e. front elevation of my dispenser with parts broken awayto disclose the errangement oi the roll in the dispenser;

Fig. 9 shows it number of the seat covers arranged in the roll andillustrates the means by which they are separable one from the other.

Referring now to the drawings: M dispenser comprises an open housing aan covor f. The housing consists of back, bottom, and end walls 0; d, eand e, respectively. The cover f is hinged to the upper edge of the wall0 as at g and comprises a to wall, 7, front wall 2' and end walls 51',y" which when closed, envelope the said housing.

fixed inwardly extending pin is is provided on the end wall 6 and anelongate resilient member Z is secured to the exterior of the end wall6' at one end, and arran ed so that the other end Z on whichis provi edan inward extending pin m will bear in a circular opening in the saidend portion e. By these means, a roll of seat covers, as w in Fig. 2,may be removably mounted therein by inserting said pins 70, m inrecesses provlded in the ends of the spindles 3 upon which the, rolledsheet material is commonly wound.

The edge of the bottom wall (2 of the housing a is rolled as at 0 andthe free edge of the cover is provided with an inwardly and downwardlyinclined extension p of less width than the body of the cover, see Figs.1 and 4, so that when the roll of seat covers is mounted in the housinga and arranged so as to be unwound from the under side, the seat coversmay be conveniently grasped to be unwound from the roll.

The corners g of the extension p are bent inwardly slightly and roundedso as to bear against the seat cover as it is withdrawn from the roll.

The seat covers, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 9, are separable from thebody of the roll by transverse incisions 1' and supplementary,longitudinal perforations or slits on the said line of incisions. Theperforations or slits s are so arranged that as the seat covers aredrawn from the dispenser by grasping the corner thereof in each hand,see Fig. 1, the

V corners g of the extension 12 engage the said perforations s andretard the movement of the sheet, thus causing the bonds 1" between theincisions r to break.

Thus each cover as it is drawn out will automatically be broken from thebody of the extending inward over and beyond said ed e, the corners ofthe free end of said cover eing formed to present interior knob-likeprotrusions, whereby to centralize the pressure exerted on the sheet inthe pulling of the same from the housing, and thus cause the tearing offof a portion of the sheet along its said incisions.

2. As a dispenser for a roll of sheet material provided with transverseincisions arranged to facilitate separation of the sheet into successiveportions, a housing provided with means-for rotatably carrying the saidroll, the housing having a rounded ed e over which to draw the sheet,and a cover inged to said housing, the free edge of said cover extendinginward over and beyond said edge, the corners of the free end of saidcover being formed to present interior knob-like protrusions, whereby tocentralize the pressure exerted on the sheet in the pulling of the samefrom the housing, and thus cause the.

tearing off of a portion of the sheet along its said incisions, saidfree ends of the cover being cut .away so as to expose the lower cornerportions of the succeeding portion of the sheet.

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break before the body of the seat cover will tear.

Further, as each cover is broken from the the lip p and thus may beconveniently grasped. l

The means I have provided for fastening my dispenser to the wallcomprise concavoconvex discs 2 having lips 3 punched through so as toproject into the concavity of the disc and bolts 4 located centrally inthe disc and projecting from the convex side. By this construction, byfilling the disc 2 with a quick drying cement, as at 5, and pressing thesame against the wall a permanent fixture is provided to which thedispenser may be fastened by locating the discs 5 in suitabledepressions c in the wall 0 of the housing and threading a nut as 6 ontheend of the bolt.

I claim:

1. As a dispenser for a roll of sheet material provided with transverseincisions arranged to facilitate separation of the sheet into successiveportions, a housing provided with means for rotatably carrying the saidroll, the housing having a rounded ed eover which to draw the sheet, anda cover inged to said housing, the free edge of said cover

